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Organic Bioelectronics

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Organic bioelectronics (OBOE)

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Active materials used for electrochemical devices are either organic or more commonly inorganic metal (−oxides). This entry only covers organic polymer materials and their application in life science research. Organic Bioelectronics [1] (OBOE) are carbon-based (therefore defined as organic) devices engineered from conductive polymers. The active parts of organic bioelectronic devices are usually composed of conjugated polymers, alone or in combination with other materials to form a primary or secondary interface with biological specimens (therefore defined as bio-). The conductivity of the polymer materials makes it possible to design devices that have the same functionality and capability as common electronics (therefore defined as -electronics). The devices can be manufactured to a multitude of different geometrical designs depending on applications targeted.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Retzius väg 8, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden

    Prof. Agneta Richter-Dahlfors

  2. Department of Science and Technology, Linköpings University, SE-601 74, Norrköping, Sweden

    Prof. Magnus Berggren

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  1. Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor, Director, Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2), Ohio State University, 201 W. 19th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1142, USA

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Richter-Dahlfors, A., Berggren, M. (2012). Organic Bioelectronics. In: Bhushan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9751-4_3

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